DENVER – The University of Denver men's and women's swimming and diving programs continued their four-meet homestand with duals on Saturday against BYU's men's and women's program inside El Pomar Natatorium.
 
Denver's women completed the weekend sweep of New Mexico and BYU with its fourth-straight dual win. Gabe Jones highlighted Denver's men's meet with a school record time of 1:47.03 in the men's 200 fly.
 
Team Scores:
Men's:
BYU:183
Denver: 116
 
Women's:
Denver: 153
BYU: 146
 
Event Winners:
Women's 3-Meter Dive – Savanna Berry – 275.93
Women's 1-Meter Dive - Savanna Berry – 270.53
Women's 200 Medley Relay – Ali Beay, Tenaya Winter, Julia Saxman, Isa Cardenas – 1:40.19
Women's 100 Back – Ali Beay – 55.50
Women's 200 Fly – Sabrina Rachjaibun – 2:02.12
Men's 200 Fly – Gabe Jones – 1:47.03 – El Pomar Natatorium Record – 9^th Fastest Time in Program History
Men's 50 Free – Hamish McLellan – 20.20
Women's 200 Back – Samantha Synsvoll – 1:59.67
Men's 200 Back – Quinn Collins – 1:49.90
Women's 500 Free – Sabrina Rachjaibun – 4:57.94
Women's 100 Fly – Julia Saxman – 53.76
 
How it Happened:
In diving on Saturday, Denver swept the podium of the women's 3-meter dive. Savanna Berry took the top spot with a score of 275.93, Kaitlin Calvery finished second with a 274.43 and Tatum Brasfield earned a 264.75. Berry and Calvery earned a 1-2 on the 1-meter board. Berry earned an NCAA Zone Cut score of 270.53 and Calvery also earned an NCAA Zone Cut score with her 268.95.
 
On the men's side of the diving boards, Trip Gregory finished second in the 1-meter with an NCAA Zone Cut score of 309.60. Dakotah Parker received a 294.7 to finish third. A couple of meters higher, Parker took second with a score of 297.90 and Gregory finished third with a tally of 294.75.
 
Denver's women opened the swimming portion of the meet with a win in the 200 medley relay when the quartet of Ali Beay, Tenaya Winter, Julia Saxman and Isa Cardenas combined for a time of 1:40.19. The Pioneer men finished second in the 200 medley with a time of 1:28.35.
 
In the first distance race of the afternoon, Genevieve Franklin was out-touched in the 1000 free by just 0.11 seconds, finishing second with a 10:18.66. Nika Spehar finished third in the 1000 with a 10:28.15.
 
A few events later, Beay got Denver back in the win column with her 55.50 in the 100 back to out-touch teammate Darian Koler who took second in 55.66.
 
Winter took second in the women's 100 breast with a 1:03.34, and Denver's depth proved beneficial again as Peyton Mullowney took third in 1:03.89.
 
Sabrina Rachjaibun got the Pioneers another event win, this time in the 200 fly, clicking in at 2:02.12 to take the title.
 
Gabe Jones gave the Denver men its first event win of the afternoon, outswimming the field in the men's 200 fly with an El Pomar Natatorium record of 1:47.03, dropping 1.66 seconds off his entry time.
 
Saturday's meet sprinted to the two sprint freestyle races around the break. Saxman clocked in at 23.11 in the 50 free to take second and Cardenas grabbed fourth with a 23.43. On the men's side Hamish McLellan made it two wins in a row for the Denver men with his time of 20.20 in the 50 free. Tommy Hancock finished second in 20.90 and Benjamin Stone completed a podium sweep for the Pioneers with his time of 21.03.
 
On the other side of the break to the 100 free, Matija Pantic finished second with a 44.40.
 
Synsvoll got the Denver women back in the win column with a 1:59.67 to take the event title. Koler took second with a 2:00.81.
 
In the men's 200 back, Quinn Collins reached the wall first with a 1:49.90. Liam Simmons took the final podium spot in 1:50.83.
 
Mullowney scored points for the Pioner women in the 200 breast with her time of 2:16.29, while Nico Morton got the Pioner men some points with his second-place finish in 1:59.68.
 
Rachjaibun picked up another Denver win, taking the 500 free with a 4:57.94. Reilly grabbed third in 5:05.46 and Franklin finished fourth in 5:05.49.
 
Dylan Mes led a Denver 2-5 finish in the men's 500, reaching the final wall in 4:32.78. Kurt Owens finished third in 4:39.29, Finn Holdredge grabbed fourth in 4:40.56 and Max O'Neil was clocked at 4:41.56.
 
Saxman got to the wall first in the women's 100 fly with a time of 53.76. McLellan's swim in the event was good enough for second, getting to the wall in 47.49. Jones finished fourth in 49.39.
 
In the final individual events of the afternoon, Synsvoll finished second in the 200 IM with a time of 2:02.87. Zippel finished fourth in 2:05.91 and Rachjaibun took fifth in 2:06.92. On the men's side, Morton finished third with a 1:49.58.
 
Denver's men and women both finished second in the 200 free relay to close out the meet.
 
Up Next:
Denver will host its Senior Day meet next Saturday when the Pioneers welcome Wyoming and Colorado Mesa for double dual action inside El Pomar Natatorium. Diving is set to begin at 11:30 a.m. MT, the Senior Day recognition will take place at 2:10 p.m. MT and swimming will start at 2:30 p.m. MT. The meet will be streamed live on Denver's YouTube channel.
 
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